Welcome to the Busan Foreign School (BFS) and the 2010-11 school year!  We’re glad that you’re here!  As the new headmaster of BFS, I am very pleased to be part of this dynamic and exciting school community.

One of the most impressive qualities of BFS is its willingness to seek vibrant change in order to meet the needs of our students.  Our fine staff of educators is dedicated to helping our students grow academically and personally in order to help them be the best prepared for their futures.  The clear mission of our school is to offer our students a world-class education that helps them enter top international universities and colleges while helping them become responsible caring world citizens.  BFS and its staff strive to make this mission a daily reality for students.  Our rigorous Advanced Placement (AP) program is growing each year and offers our students the chance to earn college credits in many universities throughout the world before they even leave high school.  Currently we offer AP courses in math, science and English and a pre-AP course in history.  Another way our students become better prepared world citizens is through a community service program that is a requirement for all high school students.  Students undertake volunteer experiences both around the school, in Busan itself, and also through international volunteering efforts such as a Habitat for Humanity project that students helped with last year in Bali.  It is through efforts such as this volunteering, that students gain not only a local perspective about service to one’s community, but they develop a realization that they are world citizens as well and can take a vital active role in making a difference internationally. 

There are important aspects that help make our school the premiere foreign school in Busan:

• The Busan Foreign School is the only English speaking school in Busan to successfully graduate students from high school.  We have over a decade of experience at sending BFS alumni to high quality international universities and colleges.  Currently 182 of our students have graduated from BFS. 
• We are the only fully accredited North American style K-12 school in Busan [through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)].  One of the values of accreditation is that it helps us establish continuous school-wide improvement goals and ensures our academic standards are consistent with other WASC accredited schools.  

We are very excited to help our students gain the most important tools they will have in their lives – their educations.  Our high standards of academic excellence, our individual care for the well-being of all our students, and our excellent high quality staff make the Busan Foreign School THE international school of choice in Busan.  We are very glad to have you as a part of our BFS community! 

With highest regard,

Kelley R.Ridings, Ph.D.
Headmaster, Busan Foreign School

This summer, BFS will host two summer school sessions. The first session will be held June 28th to July 16th and the second session will run from July 26th to August 13th.

The first session will have five different classes. A nursery/pre kindergarten/kindergarten class taught by Miss Newton, an elementary class taught by Mr. Engle, a middle school writing class taught by Mrs. Engle, a geometry class (.5 credit each session) taught by Mr. Pierog, and an algebra I and II and pre calculus class (.5 credit each session) taught by Mr. Cabrera. For further details on these summer school classes please contact the main office.                        

The second session will have six different classes. A nursery/pre kindergarten class taught by Mrs. Crewe, an early elementary class taught by Miss Safradin, a later elementary class taught by Miss Alexander, a high school science elective class taught by Mr. Crewe, a geometry class (.5 credit each session) taught by Mr. Pierog, and an algebra I and II and pre calculus class (.5 credit each session) taught by Mr. Cabrera. For further details on these summer school classes please contact the main office.                                                              

2010 Summer School Program

The following changes have been issued by the collegeboard

regarding test takers in Korea

- A current, valid national ID from the country in which the center is located

  or

- A current, valid passport

- Student IDs will not be accepted

- Standby test-takers will not be accepted

- Test day changes are not accepted, including:

  test type, test center or date of test change

- Please refer to the collegeboard website if you have any further questions

New York University
Rutgers University
Michigan State University
Purdue University
University at Buffalo (SUNY)
Indiana University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of California at Irvine
St. Mary’s University (Canada)
Yonsei University (Underwood International College)
Stony Brook University (SUNY)
Ohio State University
Syracuse University
University of Texas
University of Southern California (USC)
Boston College
Boston University
University of Washington
University of California at San Diego (UCSD)
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Parsons the New School for Design
Fashion Institute of Technology  (SUNY)
Pennsylvania State University
The University of British Columbia

BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS:

Bank: Ever Rich (post office bank)

Account name: Busan Foreign School Habitat

Account number: 601567-01-002656

The trip is coming up soon and we are getting excited.   Be sure to check out the video from last year’s trip and think about how good this one will be!

March 1st, 2010 – Toga party hosted by Novotel